Introduction

How it works

• One person, standing on the stage, picks a level of difficulty (from easy to impossible) and is given by the host a word which he/she must try to build using basic prims;

• That person then builds something that will give the rest of the audience cues;

• The audience then attempts to guess the word and type guesses into the chat bar;

• The first person to type in the correct answer wins and has the opportunity to be the next builder.

The rules of the game

1. The game consists of one player/builder building visual clues of a word to be guessed by an audience.
2. The player/builder tells the host what level they are building. (Building Levels are: Easy, Medium, Hard, Evil, Impossible)
3. The host will give the player/builder a word to build in Instant Messenger so the word will not be seen by the audience.
4. The first person in the audience to guess the correct word wins that round and 25 Lindens.
5. The winner is entitled to build on the next round.
6. If player/builder is stuck they may IM the host for help or have the host give some clues going to the audience.
7. Building letters is not allowed. But a letter can be used if the letter is not in the word.
8. Custom textures, colors for prims are allowed unless it is a part of the word.
9. Items from inventory cannot be used.
10. Use the green CC shaped prims to mean SOUNDS LIKE.
11. Use + between objects to break down the word into syllables.
12. Use a green arrow to point at what you want the audience to see or say.
13. No scripts or sculpties are to be used in the build.
14. Each word is must be completed before the clock runs out.

How it feels

What instructional activities might be done there?

• linguistic/didactical reasons: e.g. the game as a tool to enhance language vocabulary, writing skills;
• intercultural reasons: explore the cultural differences through the connections made by students with various backgrounds between “words” and their “representation” through “objects/prims”.
• In general it would be fruitful for social reasons: games like that can improve cohesion in the class group and represent the chance to use that game to open a class activity to a wider audience, that is, students of different classes and schools could interact in a sort of competition.

What could be modified to make it more comfortable or usable?

Personal Reflections: